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Wuthering Waves

KURO GAMES · 2025-04-28

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 22, 2024 (Android), Jan 02, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 22, 2024 (iOS), Mar 27, 2025 (Mac), Jul 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Wuthering Waves is a story-rich open-world action RPG with a high degree of freedom. You wake from your slumber as Rover, joined by a vibrant cast of Resonators on a journey to reclaim your lost memories and change the world.

Wuthering Waves is a 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with a Very Positive (88% of 53973 reviews) sentiment.

11,072
playing now
87%
positive of 57k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,984
twitch viewers (latest)
16.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
IGDB user rating (289 ratings)
94
Nexus mods (174k downloads)
4.30★
PlayStation Store rating (38,947 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 82% recommend · from 11 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

11,072 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Wuthering Waves is a 2024 free-to-play open world gacha action role-playing game developed and published by Kuro Games.

Trailer

Wuthering Waves trailer thumbnail

Wuthering Waves Official Release Trailer | Waking of a World

≈836,204 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 11,072 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 3,389 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~424/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 2 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.4k6.4k20252026Week of 2025-04-28: 6,362 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 769 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 1,645 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 1,157 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 962 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 894 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 821 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 1,624 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 1,128 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 687 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 724 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 521 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 523 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 738 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 489 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 379 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 693 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 515 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 776 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 404 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 291 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 643 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 5,434 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 754 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 535 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 638 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 460 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 450 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 732 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 178 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 503 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 383 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 347 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 247 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 397 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 261 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 595 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 522 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 521 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 536 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 1,282 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 362 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 832 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 207 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 611 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 467 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 825 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 543 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 410 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 379 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 480 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 112 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 330 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-08-31: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-09-07: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-09-07: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-09-14: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-09-14: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-09-21: 262 positiveWeek of 2026-09-21: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-09-28: 450 positiveWeek of 2026-09-28: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-10-05: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-10-05: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-10-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-10-12: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

34k4.0k2026-09-14 18:00 — 12,674 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 11,021 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 10,504 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10,080 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 10,511 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 14,239 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 13,289 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 10,728 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 10,424 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 9,182 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 9,092 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 9,421 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 10,946 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 11,996 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 12,409 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 9,288 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 29,833 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 22,903 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 21,161 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 21,547 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 18,831 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 15,286 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 13,717 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 14,273 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 13,403 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 13,288 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 14,221 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 13,931 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 13,602 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 11,222 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 11,072 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
18k8.0kMay 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 10,597 · peak 19,893Jun 2025 — avg 12,614 · peak 32,514Jul 2025 — avg 9,269 · peak 21,369Aug 2025 — avg 9,235 · peak 27,767Sep 2025 — avg 10,635 · peak 25,308Oct 2025 — avg 10,250 · peak 26,481Nov 2025 — avg 10,331 · peak 27,939Dec 2025 — avg 12,442 · peak 40,243Jan 2026 — avg 12,187 · peak 24,901Feb 2026 — avg 13,356 · peak 38,062Mar 2026 — avg 8,015 · peak 18,907Apr 2026 — avg 8,408 · peak 39,496May 2026 — avg 16,938 · peak 32,753Jun 2026 — avg 18,426 · peak 49,485Jul 2026 — avg 15,095 · peak 39,867Aug 2026 — avg 11,522 · peak 26,565
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#15#732026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #672026-09-15 — #152026-09-16 — #152026-09-17 — #152026-09-18 — #642026-09-19 — #672026-09-20 — #642026-09-21 — #642026-09-22 — #632026-09-23 — #622026-09-24 — #622026-09-25 — #652026-09-26 — #712026-09-27 — #722026-09-28 — #732026-09-29 — #682026-09-30 — #592026-10-01 — #442026-10-02 — #442026-10-03 — #512026-10-04 — #582026-10-05 — #622026-10-06 — #622026-10-07 — #622026-10-08 — #652026-10-09 — #662026-10-10 — #662026-10-11 — #682026-10-12 — #732026-10-13 — #712026-10-14 — #71
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
82822026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 26 new positive2026-09-15: 9 new negative2026-09-16: 29 new positive2026-09-16: 13 new negative2026-09-17: 30 new positive2026-09-17: 2 new negative2026-09-18: 42 new positive2026-09-18: 6 new negative2026-09-19: 26 new positive2026-09-19: 1 new negative2026-09-20: 38 new positive2026-09-20: 7 new negative2026-09-21: 31 new positive2026-09-21: 11 new negative2026-09-22: 54 new positive2026-09-22: 31 new negative2026-09-23: 20 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 6 new negative2026-09-25: 32 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new negative2026-09-26: 37 new positive2026-09-26: 8 new negative2026-09-27: 40 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 37 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new negative2026-09-29: 30 new positive2026-09-29: 6 new negative2026-09-30: 82 new positive2026-09-30: 35 new negative2026-10-01: 74 new positive2026-10-01: 40 new negative2026-10-02: 43 new positive2026-10-02: 20 new negative2026-10-03: 49 new positive2026-10-03: 12 new negative2026-10-04: 47 new positive2026-10-04: 12 new negative2026-10-05: 39 new positive2026-10-05: 12 new negative2026-10-06: 81 new positive2026-10-06: 20 new negative2026-10-07: 43 new positive2026-10-07: 12 new negative2026-10-08: 28 new positive2026-10-08: 16 new negative2026-10-09: 34 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 33 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 29 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 42 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 32 new positive2026-10-13: 12 new negative2026-10-14: 34 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

2.3k4262026-05-29 — 843 pageviews2026-06-02 — 813 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,192 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2,036 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,253 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,050 pageviews2026-06-22 — 864 pageviews2026-06-26 — 825 pageviews2026-06-30 — 854 pageviews2026-07-04 — 829 pageviews2026-07-08 — 886 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,338 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,035 pageviews2026-07-20 — 982 pageviews2026-07-24 — 677 pageviews2026-07-28 — 744 pageviews2026-08-01 — 717 pageviews2026-08-05 — 580 pageviews2026-08-09 — 603 pageviews2026-08-13 — 535 pageviews2026-08-17 — 551 pageviews2026-08-21 — 650 pageviews2026-08-25 — 660 pageviews2026-08-29 — 725 pageviews2026-09-02 — 542 pageviews2026-09-06 — 639 pageviews2026-09-10 — 561 pageviews2026-09-14 — 594 pageviews2026-09-18 — 637 pageviews2026-09-22 — 583 pageviews2026-09-26 — 561 pageviews2026-09-30 — 721 pageviews2026-10-04 — 636 pageviews2026-10-08 — 522 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.7k4492026-09-30 18:34 — 7,747 viewers2026-10-01 02:34 — 3,996 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 3,947 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 4,435 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 4,710 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 2,143 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 3,337 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 2,602 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 3,135 viewers2026-10-03 22:12 — 3,417 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 1,490 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 5,178 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 1,804 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 891 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 1,472 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 1,718 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 877 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 1,966 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 1,217 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 3,056 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 2,031 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 1,906 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 2,394 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 2,559 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 1,158 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 2,282 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 1,062 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 2,865 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 1,373 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 787 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 3,362 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 1,311 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 1,084 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 3,025 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 882 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 1,682 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 1,003 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 449 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 1,403 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1,984 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Thai

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)21,0852%83
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,5361%82

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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